Blink-182 guitarist Tom DeLonge has said that their forthcoming album is very diverse, and even features “prog rock”.
DeLonge spoke to Canada’s Jam Showbiz about their comeback album Neighborhoods, revealing “There’s a lot of new elements.”
He said, “We have these songs that are total throwbacks — I mean, exactly what people would know of what Blink is, you know. But then we have these songs that are madly different and experimental. And then we have songs that are like prog- rock Blink.”
“So I really think that we have a tremendous, diverse palette on this. And what’s really cool too is because of the way it was recorded, all the songs sound so different from each other.”
But never fear, Blink fans; they can still be the jokers we know and love.
When asked about the title of the album, bassist Mark Hoppus quipped, “We heard Thriller was taken. We heard The White Album was taken and Pet Sounds apparently is taken as well. Who would have thought that?”
And DeLonge added, “And then there’s that hip-hop guy that just named his record I’m Gay, which was at the top of my list ... I’ll talk to you about that later.”
Neighborhoods will be released on September 27.
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